About Negative Sound Institute
Negative
Sound Institute is, first and foremost, a .net label.
wikipedia.org describes a netlabel as follows:
"A netlabel, also called online label, web label or MP3 label,
distributes its music in digital audio formats (mainly MP3 or Ogg) online.
Netlabels often work like traditional record labels to produce and promote
music projects (such as albums or compilations). Most employ guerrilla
marketing to promote their work. Few netlabels earn money for participants.
The primary difference between netlabels and record labels is that netlabels
emphasize free downloads, as opposed to physical publishing (CD, vinyl
or DVD). Often, the music is released under licenses that encourage
sharing, such as the Creative Commons Licenses. Artists typically retain
the copyright. "
Negative Sound Institute offers music that is available exclusively
through free mp3 downloads; however, we do also plan occasional CD releases
as well. All mp3 releases at Negative Sound Institute are released under
the Creative Commons license so they are free to download and distribute
as you wish, as long as it is not done for profit.
NSI is a non-profit project and any profits made from CD releases or
other merchandise is set aside for web site hosting fees and to fund
future releases.
The purpose of NSI is to release music, be it experimental or not, by
a variety of different artists who feel that NSI can help bring their
work to a wide and appreciative audience. NSI are not in it for the
money, even if there was any to be had, and all rights of the artists
and of their recorded material are reserved and all music and graphics
are copyright of the respective authors.